Frontiers in Finance - December 2009

As a relative stability returns, we are starting to see the drivers in aiming to develop a new picture of financial services. Many governments and regulators are starting to act. Proposals are being enacted to break up certain financial institutions, especially where they have been saved from collapse only by direct government intervention. Many financial institutions are also divesting themselves of non-core assets, changing names and where possible seeking to distance themselves from further government involvement, through the capital markets.